Rum

I’m a little tardy in posting this, but for those of you who couldn’t make it to the rum chat at Mixoloseum last week, the transcript has been edited, charcoal filtered, and rendered fit for human consumption.  You can check it out at the Mixoloseum Blog.  Thanks to Gabe for putting that together, it was [...]

One rum down, three more to go in my quest to complete the entire line of rums from Celebration Distillation.  I had planned to do the entire line before the end of August, but that’s beginning to look a tad unlikely.  So good news for the New Orleans-o-philes: the August Spotlight will continue to shine [...]

My reputation as a Crushing Crusher of Rum precedes me.  I’m not sure what that even means, but then again I think I’m the one who coined the phrase, so I guess it doesnt’ really matter.On Monday, August 25, the Mixoloseum will be hosting a chat focused on my favorite libation and yours, rum.  The [...]

We all make mistakes, and anyone who knows me personally will tell you that I make enough for all of us.  This is just a quick mea culpa on the Old New Orleans Crystal Rum review that I posted yesterday.  During my distillery tour I had erroneously written down that the Cyrstal rum was barreled [...]

As you and I continue our August Spotlight on Old New Orleans Rum, we come to the first product in their line of offerings, the Old New Orleans Crystal Rum.  I say first because I have to start somewhere; and after the distillery tour, why not start with the most basic of any company’s rum: [...]

Is it really time for MxMo again?  Really?  Didn’t we just do this like 2 weeks ago?  I could have sworn I just finished writing about Hurricanes and why Pat O’Brien’s is not where to get them.  Well, too soon or not, it’s time for another monthly foray into my pretend-life as a mixologist.This month’s [...]